"For example, the entire country of Qatar shares a single IP address" Which is ridiculous of course. Unofficially IP addresses can be bought and defacto trans

"For example, the entire country of Qatar shares a single IP address" Which is ridiculous of course. Unofficially IP addresses can be bought and defacto transferred. They could certainly given a budget do that despite what it says here: http://www.apnic.net/services/services-apnic-provides/helpdesk/faqs/obtaining-resources-faqs#CanBuy http://www.apnic.net/services/services-apnic-provides/helpde... Ok here it is (and I also have other personal knowledge of this happening): http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-pays-nortel-75-million-ipv4-address http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-pays-no...